hUni: Eiprcfs.
WHY?
w hy do I love youf 0! Tell me why
Tho gnllc-ii stnrs love the purple sky?
Why do the flower all tow the sun. '
Ami weep soft tears when the day is done?
Why dors the sea low the land, my dear?
Why doon It sins in the twigs we hearV
Why- does it climb tor a closer kiss? .
Twice each day, dear, answer me this,
Why do the birds We thee ether hhio?
' Why to the pole is the needle truu?
Answer me this, dear, and till you do ;
How win I tell why l love you? ,
Why does your faee still haunt my mind!
Why forgetfulness eau I never ttud?
Why do I think, when far away,
Of you, my dear, both night and day?
Why should wo never meet again.
Who wrote' the words "It mlsht have been,"
While this Bnall world revolves, my dear?
Some dav you will find me very near, -X.
Y. z.
DECLARATION or PCRVOSES.
Profoundly iuiprcsml that we, the Farmers'
Alllsm-c, united by strong and faithful lies of It
niutcial and home interests, should em forth our
di elumtlon of intentions: wo therefore resolve
Fi as rTo labor ior tho education of the agrl
cnlturol classes ill the science of eeonouiio (foveru
laeut in a stricty non-partisan spirit.
Bwosn To endorse the motto' "In things es
fccmial, unity; and in ali tliliuis, charity."
Tmiui To develop a heuer state, mentally,
morally, socially, ami tiiianeislly.
Fi"iiTH To create a K-uer understanding for
sustaining ch 11 oiliccrs in uaintainitu; law and
order.
Kirru To eonstantlv strive to secure entire har
mony and good will among alt mankind, and
hrothei ly love among ourselves.
aixnt To suppress personal, local, sectional,
aiu) nioioiial prejudice, all mihealthfnl rivalry
and stilish ambition.
Skvknth The brightest jewels which it gamers
are the tears of widows and orphans, and Its lint-endive
commands are to visit the homes where
lacerated hearts arc bleeding: to assuajre the suf
ferings of a brother or sister; bury the dead; care
It is bard for people to enjoy religion
very much who keep both hands In
their pockets.
Tho devil has to work extra hard to
get hold of the children who have good
mother.
People who can patiently bear all
their small trials will never break
down under their great ones.
"Why don't you run a nowspa
per like that?" said a merchant in
this city to the local editor, throw
ing out a Chicago daily. "For the
name reason that you do not run a
store like that," the editor replied,
pointing to a five column adver
tisement of a Chicago house show
ing a twelve story building. The
merchant looked attentively at the
picturo for a moment, and then
said, "I never looked at it in that
way bofore." Ex.
V.'IIITCOilll KCIIOES.
Trout fishing Rood.
Crops doing well.
New potatoes,
Mr. Weddte ia up here on a hunt, but
timber wolves and bears are too plenty for
bis dog to work well,
Big Bottom can now boast of three stamp
mills all paying expenses aa Messrs. Ham
ilton and Andrews can testify, who buy the
golden product. .
SI. E. W.
Surveyor O'Connor is working this
week Axing up plans und specification
for the canal and dam.
Marshal Coyle had a warrant Issued
yesterday for the arrest of John Dodge
for fast ridingon Main street.
We are glad to report Alvin Will
iams able to be on the street.
Monday moruiugC. 0- Hackleman,
K. N. Wright, J. A. Roberts and Chas.
Miller left for the mountains for a few
days outing and fishing.
Wednesday night the city counci
had a call meeting to pass a few ordi
nances, but as tho ordinances were not
drawn up to suit them they adjourned
to meet next Monday night and wrote
to W. R. lillyeu to come out and draw
up the ordlnaiiees by that time.
A do; bit a Spokane constable. The
constable Is all right, but the dog died
from blood poisoning, and the owner
wants the constable shot.
Mrs. H. E. Piirrisli has been suffer
ing with rhumatism this week. .
Mrs, Ella Howe whj has been visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Hiudman, left
for home Wednesday:
llev. Jockey, of Oakland, t'n!.,
preached in the First Presbyterian
church last Sabbath and will preach
there next Sabbath. He is here lo see
about taking charge of this church.
Thermometer Uo in the shade
Wednesday.
Albany team defeated tho Jefferson
boys at Albany. Monday, 517 lo 16.
Miss. Lucy Gttrd, of Albany, is in
' town this week visiting leintivcs.
Mr. t..t. Wistfall left tins morning
with his family for the mountains.
lln Iiih-ikIs returning iimiiediHiuly,
littl lilnfrnilly will probably spend the
toinnier up there.
CrusoW &
iiiiTrjit2 ii:A.i-.:rcs
Heavy and Shelf Hardware
Of every description.
Agricultural Implements, Wagons and Plows.
0 T Cotton 'sstore has been treated
to a new coat of paint
Post-master Miller has had 140 neut
boxes made for temporary use In the
post oflice The new fixtures are ex
pected soon
Mr Willis Calder, the handsome Jun
ior editor of the Brownsville Times,
eamo np to-day mid la getting in a
good work for his paper
Mr, A Jack Adamsof tho Eugene Ad
vance was up to-dav (Saturday) circu
lating among the alliance folks,
Hon R A Irvine is enthused over the
ill I in nee work and Is doing more in
this comity than most any man to
further the interestsof the order
Mavor Miller made the address of
welcome to the County Alliance HIb
remarks were well tinted, being atten
tively listened to The i.ddress reflects
credit upon the Mayor and through
him upon Lebanon
awuer,
Will practice in all the courts of
the State. '
Will furnish abstracts of title, ami
examine titles of land without addi
tional charges for trip to County Seat.
Collections and all legal matters
given prompt and careful attention.
RELIABLE
REAL ESTATE
and LOAN BROKER.
Lebanon,
Oregon',
AOKXTFORTHB CONTINENTAL FlKK
Ins. Co., of Hew York.
Buy and sell Real Estate on
reasonable commissions.
Large and small tracts
of
Fruit Farming and Grazing
lands for sale and exchange.
Money to loan on first-class
real estate securities.
Lebanon people know the Exi'ltwss
has a good job printing oftlai "
should give It all of their work.
MenziB
BNTEHS' -TOOK.
Bust Lebanon, July 25, 1801
Mr. Editor: j
I am real down glad to see an
Alliance' column in tho Express,
and as you ask for contributions I
will try my hand on acolunn. , .
I see in the Oregonian of to-day
a long editorial of abuse of the Alli
ance, but we are 'glad to bo thus
advertised. They may call us "Pof
forites" or "Simpeonites", if they
choose, but we will got there all the
same. The truth of the matter is,
the Oregonian is more concerned
'or its party interest than it is for
the farmers, and we don't mind
being called "Grasshopper Politi
cians;" we will hop high enough
here in Oregon to hop over the
Oregonian and everybody else who
gets in our way. We hopped over
Wade Hampton in South Carolina,
and hopped over Ingnlls in Kansas
and we are going to keep on hop
ping until we get out of the way of
tho way of all Monopolies, King
Masters, Boil Road Kings and Boss
Politicians.
The truth is the old parties have
both failed to protect the farmers
and now a guilty conscience is
lushing then into a fury when they
see the farmers are going to take
matters into thoir own hands.
From what we can see the Demo
cratic pnpers in Democratic states
and the Jtopublicau papers in Re
publican slates are both alike wag
ing a continuous war on the Alli
ance, and crying "crush the mon
ster." Mow the Democrats and
Republicans are making the third
party by fighting the Alliance, and
we are willing for them to keep on
picking away at ua. Thoy art umly
uniting more and more ths great
producing class that will not go
down at their bidding.
Now if the Express will just note
the signs ot the tunes on the polit
ical horizon, the hand-writing of
" eigheu in the balance and iound
wanting, is already cone out
against the old parties and they
niav drink ull tho wine from thoir
golden cups, and rvcl in their po-
litical debauch, but the decree has
gone furth and their end is nigh.
The Alliance is growing at the
r.,t.. ,if Ml HI o dnv nr,l ot H.lo
I ruin will a.irm hidrl tho Iviln n .f
power in Oregon. We want no
war with organization, party or
combination, but we do not propose
to be dictated to by any other con
corn. We invite everybody to come to
Lebanon to-morrow (ISatitrday) and
learn more of us, our aims and
objects. The more question is ven
tilated and investigated the more
will all farmers seo the necessity of
organization and the less will tiny
fair minded man object,
More again, . , ..
pRoiincr.li.
While other slates arc suffering from
the loan of crops, Oregon ia revelling in
bliss A lull tire of crops is unknown to
Iter
It Is as Important that Linn county
lie represented at the Portland Exposi
tion and the Mate Fair as il is that Ore
gon has an exhibit at ihu Werld's Fair.
Our fanners are beginning to see tho
need of action to prelect .themselves
from the high-ha titled games of corrupt
political rings Alien orgalilzatiousure
i furjjic-r
The low price of cotton is
causing great dissatisfaction
among South Carolina plant
ers. Tho farmers alliance of
Marlboro, in that State, has
resolved upon a desperate
remedy. It has formally
pledged its members to plant
but ton acres of cot ton to the
horse in 11892, providing it
con get the cooperation of all
the cotton states in the plan,
so as to decrease the j rod no
tion and realize soniothing
for their labor. The Stato al
liance is urgod to call a meet
ing not later than December
lBtofthis year, to consider
tho proposition. If overpro
duction is what is the matter
.with the price of cotton, the
organization has taken the
rational means to relievo the
planters. If a man cm make
as much off of 10 acreB of cot
ton as he can oft' of 100 acres
he had better devote the rest
of the era to something el.ie.
The partial failure of crops in
Kausas and other states taug
lit ctrn growers this lesion,
A superabundaiut surplus glut
ted the market year after year
running the price dowa so
low that the farmers were for
ced to burn corn hecause they
could not afford to buy fuel.
They found that a smaller
surplus would enable them to
sell what thoy had, purchase
fuel, and have something left
for interest on mortguges.
When any product bccoiuos
so plentiful that it will not
pay the cost of transportation
to send it to market, the pro
ducer should take the hint and
produce something else. The
law of supply and demand are
invincible, and legislation di
rected against them is effort
wasted. -Oregonian.
The citizens of King's piairio on
tho 17th secured tho services of
sintc organizer R. A. Irvine and
formed a farmers alliance Hpoeoh
es were made, and Mr. Irvine ex
plained the objects and aims of the
alliance in a speech of an hour's
length, Ths result wne tliore were
but few listeners unconvinced, and
a union was formed of twenty
members. As soon as hafing i's
over tho membership of the organ
isation will be trebled. As one old
party man said, "There will not be
many democrats or republicans
left.''
nM, ...,..!.. .1.. .1.
i'in iiAj;iu UU Will, W!HU 10
pull down anything good that has
been done by either of the old par
ties, but demand, as the colonists
of old did, voice in making na
tional laws. With a millionaire
senate holding the final vote tho
demands of the nine hundred and
ninety-nine out of a thousand is
not heard. . The ollicors onosen are:
J. R. Geddcs, president.
Don A. Hmith, vice president,
W. B. Robortson, secretary,
W. H. Davis, trewi.
Jennie liarzeo, chaplain.
' E. S. Rarzoo, steward.
.1. T. McOlarv, lecturer.
Honry Miller, Mate 1). K.
i...,..;,-ac,.rr,iiii,.-nn.
CRA'ltCTtRH ClUJMim.
Farmers sro all tmsy, raaldttR liny wlille
the sun shines, Tito elltilt of the mower 'Is
beuril from every side, and a tarnc buy liar
vent will be tho result.
Some irrnin i n!sH lining cut. Mr. Paul
ha Just cut a Haiti "f -to aertui of wheat the
quality of liirli will mnviniT any one that
wheat ran ho raim'tl suneonsfnlly In the
"li'orlw." The ip-nnml bud been summer
fiilloiveil. .
Mmili of the sprinc frnlti will lie lnivvwleil
late, but prospects for a largo yield were
novor better. .
The spirit of Improvement Is moving
many of our tiinniiw, iintl Kovcrul new
buildings arc underway. Aside from tlitwo
already nolieefl in twnninnlmtlon from
tills place, is a line burn being built Ity Mr,
0, Calncs on laud recently piuohusod ot O
O. Moon, of the old Ullintt fnrnt. ,
"At. Allen Cliarltnn Is also building a new
burn on bis plaeo. Mr. K. Arnold lias Juki
completed a burn, and bus hmiln'r on the
ground for a new bouse, on land lately
bmiuhtof Mr. Yuuug, no.nr the Orange Hull,
Mr. OluiH. Craft was so unfortunate as to
have bis barn, with all Its contents, consiat
tlujr of buy, grain, wngoiw, barnoss and
liirminp implements, burneil one tiny lust
week. The rim wun started by a Ultle boy :
with nintchcii,
Mr. lliisbrml Hamilton, on old nnd high
ly rpf led resident, died lust wcolt, at (he
ajte nf.iiivenl j'-oiiiht yam.
The family of Mr. Jusper Oniliirce Is be.
log greatly alliictcd, himself, He, and old
est daughter boimr down with typhoid fe
ver, anil the youngest ebilil ant expected to
live.
Mr. John Hay Is convalescent,
Mrs. Martha Smith l able to ho out
among bur friends again, after a long and
serious illness. : y
Mrs. Frank Cruhtrec returned to lior home
in Lebanon Sunday. M rs, l'hube (Srubtreo
accompanied lior exp -etlug to remain sev
eral woeks.
Jlrs. Joseph (irlftes who has for several
weeks heen visitinir the family of Mr. Law
son (Irigirs of this place returned to hot
home at Springfield last Tuesday,
Mr. and Mrs. L. A, Tucker have rcemi.
siilercd their decision to remove to Salem,
and will remain here for the present, great
ly to the satisfaction of their many friends.
Mr. 11. f'owull has returned from .Max.
well, Oat., alter an absence of several
months. - . .
Mr. Oeo. M. Paul, of Taroma, Washing--ton,
is visiting bis piuvuts, Mr. and Mrs,
W. A. Paul. Mr. Paul has some of lite
liuest specimens of lam work we have evor
seen.
..Sninlay School organized at Providence
List Sunday with .Mr. John t'ompiuu i..i
Supt. Meets at lo. i.
Sunday School every Hunduy aftcrnnun at
8 at. Crubtreo Hclustl house.
Olmrch at Crubtreo School house next
Sunday at II a. u. and 1 v. M. Prencluiig
by ltov. O.-M. tlanleitcr. lluskot dinner.
CraUteo, JulySl, 1SIII.
WATi.ui.oo wuisruits.
Waterloo is steadily on the move ami
caiajHirs are still coming.
There Is eonsiilerrble Interest taken by
our christians in our protracted meeting.
Several mcniliers wen? taken In this week.
All prolMibilities arc this meeting wilt run
fill Sunday,
Soda water Is iplondid this hot weather.
The campers enjoy the soda and shady
plucos ari'iind the river. The sbiule is one
feature of improvements on the spring.
Surveyor O'Connor and company depart
ed for Uibaium tin's mom where he will do
some work and will return the lirst of
next week and cumplele his work here. .
Kcv. S. H. Shiinglc, who has been assist
ing in tho meeting during the week left for '
Aihauy on Tuesday.
ltov. Howard Wallace ami McOee are
still carrying on the meeting with good
effects.
Hev. Douton left for homo Saturday but
will return this wed;.
Among those ruiUjculliig at tlio springs
are! Mr. 8. Davis, Merle, Uthel and Clura
Davis, Mrs. O'Connor and two children, of
Albany; Mrs, Jessie Wtlby, Mr. und MrB,
Sea, Itoscbm-g; Mrs. W. 11. hlaucliurd uml
daughter Miss Kjiitua niunchurd, Mr. and
Mrs. McFyrrou, tlmwnsville; Mrs Ilimbnal)
and (laughter Miss i-'oilliyilu.slot, Lebanon i
Misses Howard and McOee, Hev. Howard
ami wife, Urn, McOeo, TahgeiA Hev. With,
lace andwifc, Corvaltls; Mrs. Itainfonl and
and family, Mrs. A. Mclli-hle, Sbedds; and
many others whoso names are unknown.
' Mr. Chapman and wile, of Albany, re
turned home Monday. They spout a week'
oi-so at tills place. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Moi'iruti, of Ilalsey, have
been visiting rcl iilvc- at this i-.lu.-..
Quito a crowd of .Lebanon's jolly youn
people visited the springs Tuesday eve.
This is the kind wo care to get. Come again
We nioiiru for the loss in the Lebanon fire;
for post otflee especially, for no doubt we lost
oursharo ol mail, bid those that huve mast
lose. ' ' - .
As time is precious will conclude till next,
X. Y, ii.
Five United States gunboats arc now
lying in tho Yung Tse Klung river, fur
tho prntoullou of American residents III
China,